Ibrahim Abubakar who was also detained alongside Zainab Aliyu will be released on Wednesday.
This was announced by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs.
Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar were arrested in Saudi Arabia over alleged drug offences. Both denied committing the crimes.
Zainab was yet to be charged when her case got to the limelight.
She was believed to be a victim of a cartel at the Kano airport which specialises in planting hard drugs in the luggage of passengers.
In the case of Zainab, the motives of the cabal are yet to be determined, but the outrage on Zainab’s case led the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to an operation which eventually led to smashing the cartel and members arrested.
The matter eventually got the Federal Government’s attention with President Buhari, on Monday, directing the Attorney General of the Federation to take up her case immediately.
This breakthrough is significant because drug offences carry the death penalty in Saudi Arabia as the government is known for its strict enforcement of its drug laws.
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